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Discover LudwigThe phrase "in its grip" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something has a strong hold or control over someone or something.
Example: "The city was in its grip, unable to escape the chaos of the storm."
Alternatives: "under its control" or "in its clutches."
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One might suspect that in all the cases mentioned the individuals involved though believing in the existence of a norm were not themselves "in its grip".
If love has you in its grip, shake it off like you'd shake off the blues, with some good old-fashioned exercise.
Whatever the logic that has us in its grip, our allies, it seems, are free of it.
If you don't realise when it has you in its grip, shame on you".
Almost always it encourages those in its grip to exempt themselves from the usual rules and responsibilities.
Embrace the morphing and the incomplete!" Anxiety is a killer, and it can keep you from doing anything at all if it gets you in its grip.
"I hope the book will move out of me, but at the moment it still has me in its grip".
But because it's a story, a breathtaking drama, it has held the world in its grip ever since.
DOTCOM mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip.
And yet 64% were still keen to hear his assessment of the economic crisis that has Europe in its grip and his proposed solutions to it.
Avoid avoiding the inevitable; a phobia has you in its grip until you choose to deal with it.
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